Current Residents

PGY5

Xzabia Caliste

Xzabia attended medical school at Georgetown University. She spent one year as a research fellow at Georgetown on the Trauma Service, resulting in several manuscript and book chapter publications. She won first place for presenting her work at the 2010 ACS/COT Resident Trauma Paper Competition in Washington, DC. She was an instructor/teacher of science in botany, zoology, physics, chemistry and earth science in Boston.

PGY4

Marlene O'Brien

Marlene received a BS in Biology and BA in English Literature from the University of Maryland. As an MD/PhD student at the University of Rochester, she completed her PhD under Dr. Bradford Berk and graduated as co-president of AOA. Her work in the laboratory of Dr. David Gillespie earned her a podium presentation at ATVB 2011, 2nd place it the National ACS/COT Resident Paper Competition and the American Venous Forum’s BSN Jobst Award.

PGY3

Khurram Rasheed

Khurram went to Tufts University School of Medicine after obtaining a B.S. from the University of Connecticut. He was awarded a Hardol Williams Fellowship at Tufts and was a research assistant in the Department of Neurosurgery & Physiology studying glioblastoma multiforme. He was also a research associate at the University of Connecticut working on the synthesis of an anti-obesity drug.

PGY2

Doran Mix

Doran graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with his BSE degree in computer engineering and worked in the field for several years. After doing a couple years of research with Dr. Ankur Chandra in his Biomedical Engineering Research Lab here at the U of R, Doran decided to attend medical school. He got his M.D. degree from the University of Rochester in 2013 and matched into the Vascular Surgery Residency Program. Doran was an Alpha Omega Alpha member (AOA) in med school and is a student member of the Society for Vascular Surgery. He is a co-inventor on a venous fenestrated endograft provisional patent.

PGY2

Zane Young

Zane attended the Univ of British Columbia and received a BS in Global Resource Systems. He then earned a Certificate in Ecological Horticulture from the Univ of California Santa Cruz. He worked as a consultant for front-end seismic exploration projects in Alberta Canada’s oil and gas industry. Before medical school, he performed research in organic chemistry and neuroscience. His projects included “The rapid synthesis of piperonylformamide” and “Alpha-1A adrenergic receptors modulating behavior through neurogenesis.” He presented his findings at local and national conferences. He earned his MD degree from the Univ of North Dakota in 2014. One of his favorite experiences in med school was working in Chimbote, Peru for three weeks delivering healthcare to poor and underserved people in the community.

PGY1

Matthew TerBush

Matthew TerBush attended Upstate Medical University and received his BS in Biomedical Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before going to SUNY Upstate and getting his M.D. degree. Ever since high school, Matthew has been interested in constructing and racing solar cars. He has participated in several national competitions, including a cross-country race from Dallas, Texas to Newburgh, New York, which his high school team won. He continued this interest into his undergraduate studies, being on e of the founding members of the Rensselaer Electric Vehicle Team and participated in the 2011 Shell Eco-Marathon. At Upstate, he continued participating in biomechanics research and taught physics and calculus to high school students during an after-school program with Syracuse University. Matthew is currently a recreational chess player and an avid reader.

He began his Vascular Surgery Residency here at the University of Rochester Medical Center in June 2015.